AirportsCincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport is a large airport serving Cincinnati / Covington, in Kentucky, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CVG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CVG
- ICAO code
- KCVG
- City
- Cincinnati / Covington
- State or region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 39.0488° N, 84.6678° W
- Elevation
- 273 m (896 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,658 m (12,001 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CVG means Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KCVG. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 39.0488° N, 84.6678° W. It stands 273 metres (896 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,658 metres (12,001 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 31.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,658 m 12,001 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 18C/36C | 3,353 m 11,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 18L/36R | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 18R/36L | 2,438 m 8,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken FieldCincinnati | LUK | 22 km |
| James M. Cox Dayton International AirportDayton | DAY | 102 km |
| Blue Grass AirportLexington | LEX | 113 km |
| Louisville Muhammad Ali International AirportLouisville | SDF | 135 km |
| Indianapolis International AirportIndianapolis | IND | 158 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,263 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,141 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,747 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,361 km | 8 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 946 km | 1 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,051 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,437 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,548 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,069 km | 18 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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